SEASON'S DAIRY PRODUCE

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 8, Issue 487, 5 December 1919, Page 2

SEASON'S DAIRY PRODUCE

Will Government Commandeer ? Dairymen Uneasy Opposition to Commandeer There is a strong conviction amongst influential dairy people and exporting agents that the Government intends to again commandeer daiiy produce during the coming

season. This feelir.g was expressed by Mr W. (Joodfellow, general manager of the New Zealand Dairy Company, at a meeting of the South Auckland D.iirj Association at Hamilton on Monday. The speaker, had, he said, ijii-t lettirtird from Wellington, whore ho had conferred with various people on tho matter and had formed a:, crural impression among exp >rte>s that it was the intention of the Gov-iii'neut to again take over the ! dairy output. MrGoodfellow thought i tha ".as the Imperial Government had j n big ijuantity of cheese on hand the i G >veniment would not worry too much about this commodity, but he ; Mr Goodfellow) would certainly not i a-iiee to hand over the butter to tho Government in future. He thought the butter producers should take up : a ve;y definite stand in tho matter, and that a meeting should be con 1 vetted as early as possible, with the (d.j-ct of making some combined! ! definite stand. The companies I sli.uld go ahead and arrange their , i • hts and mike all other necessary ti.>do arrangements for open market

saios The meeting was unanimous that anv attempt at Government purchase should bocnrubatted, and it was derided to ask the National Dairy Association to nail a n.eeting of dairy representatives to furtlior discuss the mutter